Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2010, 02:36 AM
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Old and New London: Volume 1
There are four...
Old and New London: Volume 1
There are four swords belonging to the City of London. The "Pearl" sword, presented by Queen Elizabeth when she opened the first Royal Exchange, in 1571, and so named...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2010, 02:28 AM
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The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds...
The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.: Fourteenth report, Appendix; part VIII
III.—CHAMBERLAINS' ROLLS.
The Chamberlains' parchment Rolls of Account unfortunately only commence at...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2010, 02:22 AM
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Another quick one from UK online Lots of...
Another quick one from UK online Lots of information to peruse in many sources there for many topics.
Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 29: 1714-1715
Henry Ockley, sword cutler, for a purple...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th August 2010, 02:16 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th June 2010, 05:06 AM
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Thanks, for the followup and explanation. I...
Thanks, for the followup and explanation. I certainly didn't mean this to be a hit and run, nor derail a topic entirely with my own experiences. While I don't deny old recipes and tradition may have...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2010, 10:12 AM
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Why olive oil, specifically if one can please...
Why olive oil, specifically if one can please explain? Extra virgin or not?
Forgive me if I read it as something perhaps just trendy, or someone once had great results with simply an oil that...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2010, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: European Armoury
25th March 2010, 04:56 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th March 2010, 10:09 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th March 2010, 09:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th March 2010, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 41,329
Josh,
If your interests of Welsh history is...
Josh,
If your interests of Welsh history is in the colonial American period, feel free to ping me as it is my heritage as well. Although my surname has been bound up by researchers insisting one...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th March 2010, 04:45 AM
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However,
In what I have read over the years...
However,
In what I have read over the years regarding the "modern" Ed the Ist longbow development was Scandanavian southern plains Brit ish heritage and not the mountain Welsh tribes who used...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th March 2010, 05:27 PM
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I would think absolutely yes, to private...
I would think absolutely yes, to private purchases and more likely the norm for officers. There are also notes out there for the rather prolific private sales of swords from the Klingenthal works.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th March 2010, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 16
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I am late to this thread and in going through...
I am late to this thread and in going through some old picture files, then made some rounds of articles I had bookmarked over time, then realize in reading this thread that these sources have already...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th March 2010, 02:35 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2010, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2010, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 16
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Nope, I watched that one go by and am glad it...
Nope, I watched that one go by and am glad it went to the extended family (as it were). There is a particular wired Philly that might interest him as well and may well get adopted for a paltry...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2010, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 16
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You scoundrel :) What a strange season...
You scoundrel :) What a strange season continues. WIth this Discussion goes a Meaningful Auction Not to be missed. An odd one you may have spotted already Dmitry, a Philadelphia special. ;) That one...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th January 2010, 02:28 AM
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Hi Dom,
I am not dissapointed at all except...
Hi Dom,
I am not dissapointed at all except to maybe point out that it was mentioned me as a meaning for the mark on arms, not a literal translation of the character itself. Also mentioned here,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th January 2010, 02:01 PM
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The round mark with a short tail has been...
The round mark with a short tail has been mentioned to me as a more general mark with the meaning "Ya Ali" and can be found on both blades and apparently firearms as well. I would appreciate more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2010, 01:34 PM
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I guess I need one as well ;) Chris Evans was...
I guess I need one as well ;) Chris Evans was nice enough to help me with an almost identical example. Mine is a small one and just 24cm in its scabbard. I have seen some similar ranging up to quite...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2010, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 36
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2010, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 36
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Forum: European Armoury
28th December 2009, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 36
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I wanted to add that in contemporary use of...
I wanted to add that in contemporary use of cutting with swords in my own hands shows some blades much better cutters than others. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm afraid I can't put any of the French mle...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th December 2009, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 36
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Certainly, a great many more were lost to...
Certainly, a great many more were lost to artillery (from all fired arms) and sickness than any of the other possibilities. I mention lost because most lists touted as pertinent to weapon use simply...
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